‘ The temperature’s risen since this morning. We’re gonna have to take the mountain pass!’ Rex announced as the plane flew over them.

‘ It’s too risky. We could lose someone out there. Isn’t there a way around?’ Kodi asked.

‘ No. Unless you want to be bear meat. The only way round other than that is the mountain pass. Come on, we need to catch up with the plane!’ Rex shouted. The others didn’t like the sound of becoming a bear’s meal, but they didn’t like the sound of the mountain pass either. They started to head west and they soon the mountain pass was in their sight.

The wind was strong, the ground was slippery and there was only enough room to fit the sled in. They started to slow down and it seemed like hope was lost forever.

‘ I think it would have been better if we gone th…’ Shakira mumbled, but then she screamed.

‘ Shakira!’ Sitka shouted as he saw his girlfriend holding onto her harness. Everyone did their best to pull her up, but she kept slipping. Rex slipped out of his harness and grabbed her scruff and held it in his mouth as he pulled. The ground beneath them was cracking and just before it broke completely, Sitka got out of his harness, pushed Rex away and grabbed Shakira’s scruff, but he couldn’t hold on long enough to avoid falling down the mountain.

‘ Sitka! Shakira!’ Rex shouted. Everyone got back in their harnesses and got back into the race.

For the rest of the race, Rex didn’t say a word. When they got back to Nome, they had just beaten the plane. Everyone thought that they would be happy, but they were more upset than a waterfall.